RIM tops Branham300, list of Ottawa firms

Waterloo-based Research In Motion (TSX:RIM) topped a list of the top 300 information and communications technologies companies in the nation, also ranking as the top firm with an Ottawa presence.

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Several other companies in the top 10 of the Branham300 have an Ottawa presence, such as BCE, Rogers Communications, CGI Group, CAE and Open Text.

Ottawa-based consulting firm Branham Group, which runs the annual ranking, lists the companies in order of annual revenues. RIM, at $20.2 billion, had revenues of more than double its closest competitor, BCE ($9 billion.)

The list also included nearly three dozen other companies with headquarters in the national capital region. Telesat was the first in this group, ranked at No. 13.

The other Ottawa-area headquatered companies include:

- Mitel (No. 19)

- Zarlink Semiconductor (30)

- Calian Technologies (31)

- DragonWave (42)

- Wi-LAN Inc. (45)

- Eagle Professional Resources (46)

- March Networks (48)

- Maplesoft Group (49)

- Mosaid Technologies (58)

- Agda Group Consultants (63)

- Veritaaq (86)

- Stoneworks Technologies (113)

- Bridgewater Systems (118)

- Nitro IT Business Solutions (127)

- ExitCertified (139)

- 4Point (142)

- Iridian Spectral Technologies (143)

- C-COM Satellite Systems (148)

- Pythian (156)

- Macadamian (167)

- Espial Group (175)

- PrecisionERP (193)

- Cistel (196)

- TRM Technologies (199)

- ThinkWrap Solutions (215)

- In-Touch Insight Systems (220)

- Fidus Systems (239)

- PIKA Technologies (248)

- Taske Technology (270)

- ASC (271)

- DataKinetics (278)

- Tecsis (286)

- The KTL Group (287)

- Cognivue (291)

Branham Group also released several associated lists tracking different industries. Ottawa-headquartered companies made appearances on several of them.